Prepared for the Best

This comic may be a little premature — apparently winter doesn’t begin until December 21st. But for me, the year is composed of two meta-seasons: the Season of Action, and the Season of… I dunno… Slowness?

The comic above has actually been revised from the first version. Last year, my comics were an outlet to bemoan and emotionally purge. This winter, I refuse to be absorbed in discontent. For someone as blessed as I’ve been, complaining is, at the least, tawdry and tasteless.

“Convention” is confused. Dec 21 (the Solstice) marks midwinter, the day when the night is longest. Then the days start getting longer again until Spring. Technically / traditionally, the first day of winter is Oct 31/Nov 1 (Celtic calendar) or Nov 7/8 (East Asian calendars). (Technically / traditionally, the first day of Spring is February 2 (Feb 4/5).)